diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/utils.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/utils.js
index 4da3fe379c4..e217b99fcb0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/utils.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor/utils.js
@@ -204,27 +204,8 @@ function findExternalLibraries(
         paths: [projectRoot],
       });
     } catch (e) {
+      // require.resolve fails if the dependency is a local node module.
       if (
-        // require.resolve fails if the `./package.json` subpath is not explicitly defined in the library's `exports` field in its package.json
-        'code' in e &&
-        e.code === 'ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED'
-      ) {
-        // find the closest library's package.json with the search paths
-        // $FlowFixMe[prop-missing]
-        const paths: Array<string> = require.main.paths;
-        for (const nodeModulesPath of paths) {
-          const packageJsonFilePath = path.join(
-            nodeModulesPath,
-            dependency,
-            'package.json',
-          );
-          if (fs.existsSync(packageJsonFilePath)) {
-            configFilePath = packageJsonFilePath;
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-      } else if (
-        // require.resolve fails if the dependency is a local node module.
         dependencies[dependency].startsWith('.') || // handles relative paths
         dependencies[dependency].startsWith('/') // handles absolute paths
       ) {
@@ -233,9 +214,7 @@ function findExternalLibraries(
           pkgJson.dependencies[dependency],
           'package.json',
         );
-      }
-
-      if (!configFilePath) {
+      } else {
         return [];
       }
     }